[MiKTeX] Access to bibliographies

I am using TeXworks in MiKTeX 2.9 all updated, on several machines, all as
Admin. Neither the machine nor the version of MiKTeX is crucial here since
I've lived with this issue for many years and many versions.
BibTeX will not look for bib files outside the folder holding the current
tex file. Since I need to organize my tex files in various folders, I end
up with multiple copies of many bib files and then of course I have trouble
updating all in synch.
Is there a simple way to get BibTeX to look in other folders? FNDB does
not do it. I know next to nothing about roots or directories, and have
happily run MiKTeX for years that way, but maybe I have to learn a bit now?
thanks, Colin

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I am using TeXworks in MiKTeX 2.9 all updated, on several machines, all as
Admin. Neither the machine nor the version of MiKTeX is crucial here since
I've lived with this issue for many years and many versions.
BibTeX will not look for bib files outside the folder holding the current
tex file. Since I need to organize my tex files in various folders, I end
up with multiple copies of many bib files and then of course I have trouble
updating all in synch.
Is there a simple way to get BibTeX to look in other folders? FNDB does
not do it. I know next to nothing about roots or directories, and have
happily run MiKTeX for years that way, but maybe I have to learn a bit now?
thanks, Colin

Hi!
In your "localtexmf" folder add a subfolder "Bibtex" with a
subsubfolder "bib".
In the last one you put your bibliographic libraries.
Then with the MikTeX manager you update the FNDB.
Also check that the localtexmf folder is defined for miktex.
That way normally, the libraries should be fount.
Regards, Alain
Le 11/09/2013 19:05, Colin McLarty a écrit :
> I am using TeXworks in MiKTeX 2.9 all updated, on several machines, all as
> Admin. Neither the machine nor the version of MiKTeX is crucial here since
> I've lived with this issue for many years and many versions.
>
> BibTeX will not look for bib files outside the folder holding the current
> tex file. Since I need to organize my tex files in various folders, I end
> up with multiple copies of many bib files and then of course I have trouble
> updating all in synch.
>
> Is there a simple way to get BibTeX to look in other folders? FNDB does
> not do it. I know next to nothing about roots or directories, and have
> happily run MiKTeX for years that way, but maybe I have to learn a bit now?
>
> thanks, Colin
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I no longer use bibtex. Biblatex Is better.
In biblatex, you can use
\bibliography{c:/homet/reference/fmaster}
This says to use fmaster.bib located in c:/homet/reference. One copy, one location, many files.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alain Delmotte [mailto:esperanto@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:10 PM
To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions.
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Access to bibliographies
Hi!
In your "localtexmf" folder add a subfolder "Bibtex" with a subsubfolder "bib".
In the last one you put your bibliographic libraries.
Then with the MikTeX manager you update the FNDB.
Also check that the localtexmf folder is defined for miktex.
That way normally, the libraries should be fount.
Regards, Alain
Le 11/09/2013 19:05, Colin McLarty a écrit :
> I am using TeXworks in MiKTeX 2.9 all updated, on several machines,
> all as Admin. Neither the machine nor the version of MiKTeX is
> crucial here since I've lived with this issue for many years and many versions.
>
> BibTeX will not look for bib files outside the folder holding the
> current tex file. Since I need to organize my tex files in various
> folders, I end up with multiple copies of many bib files and then of
> course I have trouble updating all in synch.
>
> Is there a simple way to get BibTeX to look in other folders? FNDB
> does not do it. I know next to nothing about roots or directories,
> and have happily run MiKTeX for years that way, but maybe I have to learn a bit now?
>
> thanks, Colin
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------- How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments:
> 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT
> 2. Standardize and globalize service processes across IT 3. Implement
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